I have a bent leaf which needs replacement, while I am at it I figured I may as well get a nicer set of leafs from someone like OME. I have been searching for information, places to buy, other options for probably close to a week and just can't find ANYTHING! Can someone please help me? I would really prefer not relocate my leaf mounts if possible. I saw on Rocky Road they offer OME springs and bushings, but there is an option for length (short vs long bed is all I can come up with) and no option for u-bolts etc. There is no information for whether 2wd leafs are different than 4wd, I imagine not but would rather not make a 300+ dollar mistake to learn.

Can someone please give me a lead, a direction, something!

Thanks,
Bink

 

My springs are shot as well, truck looks like a lowrider in the rear. I just bought some from sdtrucksprings.com. I think they were like $130/ spring with bushings pressed in.

They were about the only place I found that they werent $160+/ spring.

Now it's just a matter of not breaking the hardware when removing the old ones...

 

And ya 2wd leafs are 2+1, 4wd are 3+1 with bump stops. It's pretty difficult to find 2wd springs.

The site I posted has them, or did when I ordered mine about a week ago. Hope this helps.

 

I did find that website, have you gotten yours installed yet?

 

Haven't installed them yet. They are sitting in my garage at the moment. Sometime next week they will go in along with rotors, wheel bearings, idler arm.

 

You should post up some pictures! I plan on doing that same thing as soon as I've got some cash flow again. Could you maybe shoot some comparison pics of the springs too? If it's not too much to ask I am thinking about getting those sd springs, or there is a local place that is slightly more expensive, but I do like to support local business. Otherwise there is a local yard with some 2wds and want 75 a piece pulled or 40 a piece I pull, might do that (myself) instead but I haven't decided yet.

 

Part way through the replacement. The front spring to frame bolt on the drivers side is seized somehow and won't budge. No problems with any of the other hardware. Just a heads up, have a torch handy. Just the impact wasn't enough for some of the bolts. I used one of the small MAPP gas torches that Lowes sells.

Edit:
Bolt was fused to the bushing. It would not rotate, budge a mm at all no matter how much heat, impact, or BFH was applied. Angle grinder made short work of it, and the local dealer had a replacement bolt for me 8am the next morning.

A few tips to make it easier:
1. There is a right and left spring, on mine only the right had a label on it so make sure you use the correct spring for the correct side.
2. Use a dremel to clean up the shoulder on all of the shackel and leaf to frame bolts. Mine had what i'm assuming is a film of bushing material/ grime on them.
3. Use some hand soap, not grease(don't know where I read it, I think the Haynes manual recommended using soap), to lube the bolts and they will slide in much easier.
4. My u-bolts flared slightly wider than the two two corresponding holes in the spring seat. I used a big c-clamp to squeeze them slightly to get them through the spring seat.

 

Here's some pictures. It's hard to tell from the angle of the first(before) pic and the comparison to the second, but it is significantly higher in the rear. The truck rides much nicer all around, feels better on the highway, etc.. In the after pic it's a little deceiving because it is parked on a decline at the edge of the lot. The main thing that tells me it is lifted back to respectable levels is that the hitch does not hit on ever slight bump or driveway enterance. The wheel gap is the best way to gauge from the pictures how much it raised. Before there was barely any, now it is the same as in the front.

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I have a 87 Toy 4x2 and also having a hard time finding rear springs but I did contact Deaver and they will make them with a 2 inch lift and will bolt on the stock locations for about $650